No Individual will Hijack APC if I’m Elected Chairman, Says Musa

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja
A national chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Sani Musa, has vowed that he would not allow wealthy individuals to hijack the party if elected during the National Convention scheduled for March 26.
Musa, in a statement made available to THISDAY in Abuja on Sunday, pledged to re-engineer the party and make it self- sustainable.
The senator said: “We shall thrive to be self funding and not rely on individuals that will later want to be dictating the tunes and which will create wrangling and disharmony in the party. 
“Under my leadership, the party will embrace more technology in our operations which will reduce waste and abuse of our party’s best practices.
“We will run a party that will preserve the legacy of our founding fathers to build a strong country that is more tolerant, more prosperous and fairer.
“We will give every member of the party equal opportunity.”
The aspirant admitted that disputes were indispensable in a democracy, but noted that he would put in place a workable dispute resolution strategy when he assumes office.
He also said efforts were being made by him in his ongoing consultations across the country to ensure that no dispute affected the smooth conduct of the forthcoming National Convention. He said: “I don’t see how disputes will affect the convention.  I do believe that once I emerge as the chairman of the APC, my reform agenda will address most of these challenges and reposition the party for the better.”
Musa, who is also the Chairman of Senate Services Committee, said President Muhammadu Buhari, contrary to speculations, would not impose any candidate on the party.
According to him, “We believe in the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, and being a democrat, he will never subscribe to imposition against the will of the majority party faithfuls.
“Hence, we shall continue our consultations and prepare ourselves for the National Convention with the hope of winning the national chairmanship contest. 
“Furthermore, as genuine party faithfuls, we will always be open to abide by any genuine considerations with superior reasoning,  if brokered by Mr. President in return for a consensus arrangement.
“If given the opportunity to lead the party, I will completely re-engineer the internal structures and workings of the party.  
“APC needs total leadership reorientation for it to actualize its institutional potentials.
“Hence, I will be adaptive to participatory and affiliative work style that will usher visionary and pacesetting leadership for the party that will give the party a new direction and philosophy.
“APC must be made an institution which is the only antidote to reckless abuse of office and ethics which brings about disharmony and wrangling within the various organs of the party viz-a-viz its followers.
“My reform agenda for the party is expressed in what I call the three Rs for success, that is, Reconciliation,  Reorganization and Redirection. 
“We need to immediately reconcile aggrieved members of the party at all levels on a sustainable basis.
“We need to reorganize the party  in such a manner that it is able to effectively mobilise all segments of the country from youths to women groups to meet up with the INEC timetable timelines for 2023 elections.  
“We must redirect our efforts towards winning elections and nation building and not wrangling. 
“Most importantly we shall govern by the rule of law, abide by the party constitution, guidelines, manifesto and in line with the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria. 
“We will run an inclusive leadership that is devoid of the habitual grain of the entrenched political culture of dynastic politics, sectionalism, favoritism, money politics, parasitism on the public pay roll, cronyism and patronage.”